Author: Tom Faranda

Fresh from my triumph of figuring out how to post a picture (see the next post and note that if you hit the link that says "continue reading…" it will take you to … nothing! Don’t know how I did that.) here’s a brief discussion of current state of my body. Thirteen days after last…

Hey! I figured out how to post a picture.

Nov 1, 2005

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How about that! This is my favorite picture of Brigid, Joe (to Brigid’s right), and Tim (guy with curly hair) taken in April in Jamaica. The boys had never been to Jamaica and we figured it was time to show them where we’d met and gotten married. We had not been back in 25 years!…

NYT on healthcare costs and providers

Oct 30, 2005

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The NY Times had two interesting articles today on healthcare costs and healthcare delivery. You can access the articles for free for one week on the Times website. You may have to register, but it’s free and easy. The first article’s headline Congress Weighs Big Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare – New York Times sounds…

Latest column by my neighbor, author Sue Konig

Oct 30, 2005

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We have this very interesting and charming neighbor, Sue Konig. She’s a writer and recently published a very witty book, Amazon.com: Books: Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children) which I’ve been giving as a gift to many of my friends. A nice breezy, funny book. We…

I played rugby with Patrick Fitzgerald

Oct 29, 2005

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UPDATE: Here’s my March 7th post, after the Libby decision Tom Faranda’s Folly: The Libby case and the prosecutor Yup. The federal prosecutor who indicted "Scooter" Libby, and whose face was all over the newspapers and TV today, played rugby in the late 80’s with my club, OMEX. He played in the…

Poor Harriet Miers, Part Deux

Oct 27, 2005

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On October 14th I posted "Poor Harriet Miers" – the link is here – http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2005/10/poor_harriet_mi.html and I said "It seems a certain type of ideological conservative would rather get in a titanic political battle over ideas and agendas – even if it means losing – then simply picking up another chip on the table." And…

A bit more fatigue

Oct 26, 2005

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A little to my surprise, I did feel a bit more then just the mild fatigue I had felt in the middle of my prior chemo sessions. It was enough for me to leave my office early and take a late afternoon rest. I also decided not to go to the gym. Still, while it…

Therapy plan going forward

Oct 26, 2005

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The plan is coming together. I had my CT scan Monday and PET scan Tuesday. Next Thursday, November 3rd, I will see the lymphoma guru Dr. Zelenetz at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC and he’ll review the scans, bloodwork, etc and (hopefully) tell me everything is going to plan. The next day I will have…

Follow-up to fourth chemotherapy

Oct 23, 2005

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Today is the fourth day after my fourth (and last) RCHOP chemo and I feel good. Now I have two scans scheduled to re-stage the lymphoma. Tomorrow I have a CT scan at Phelps. Of all the procedures I’ve had this is the one I dislike the most. I’ve had about five of them. The…

Latest book read “the Doors of the Sea”

Oct 23, 2005

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